Vesselin Topalov finishes second in Nanjing China
Fri, Oct 09 2009 16:27 CET byNick Iliev
Vesselin Topalov, the top-ranked chess player in the FIDE rankings finished second in the Nanjing tournament in China, which has a 250 000 euro prize tag for the winner, Dnevnik daily reported on October 9 2009.
The Bulgarian, who won the tournament last year around, lost his crown to Magnus Carlsen of Norway. The Norwegian clinched first place with a draw against Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan in round nine. With that, Carlsen ensured he won eight out of the 10 available points, with the Bulgarian far behind, on 5.5 points.
In the tenth round of the championship, Topalov, playing with white, drew against Radjabov, while Carlsen defeated Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia after 38 moves.
The Pearl Spring Chess Tournament is a double round robin chess tournament event with six super-grandmasters players that takes place in Nanjing, China. A young tournament by any means, with first edition of the competition held in December 2008 and won by Topalov.
Nanjing is also hosting the second women’s Grand Prix tournament. Like the men’s Grand Prix, the women’s is a series of tournaments to select challengers for the world championship.
Source: http://www.sofiaecho.com
Topalov is still best.
According to chessbase, the first prize was $80,000 Euros, not $250,000 Euros.